Bitrace: Illegal USDT transactions generally deviate from the market rate
Bitrace, a blockchain data analysis company, stated in an article that illegal USDT transactions generally deviate from the market exchange rate. When the stablecoin system is filled with funds contaminated by illegal transactions, the token will inevitably experience a depreciation impulse.
An address deposited 5,000 ETH and 3 million USDT into Blast.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie's monitoring, about half an hour ago, address 0xf73...3242D deposited 5,000 ETH (worth $11.54 million) and 3 million USDT into Blast; all of these funds were withdrawn from Binance.
More than 50.6 million USDT transferred from Tether Treasury to unknown wallet
According to data monitored by Whale Alert, at around 20:25 Beijing time today, 50,624,860 USDT were transferred from Tether Treasury to an unknown wallet.
The market value of USDT exceeded 91 billion US dollars, continuing to hit a record high
According to the latest data from Coingecko, the market value of the US dollar stablecoin USDT has exceeded 91 billion US dollars, reaching 91,015,644,641 US dollars at the time of writing, setting a new historical high.
Over 140 million USDT transferred from unknown wallet to JustLendDAO
According to Whale Alert monitoring, at around 1:18 AM on December 15th Beijing time, 141,858,142 USDT were transferred from an unknown wallet to JustLendDAO, with a value of $141,927,298.
Tether has frozen Ledger exploit address
On December 14th, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced on social media that Tether had just frozen the address of the Ledger exploit user.
Glassnode Analyst: Tether is CBDC
Glassnode analyst @_Checkɱate stated on social media platform X that Tether is a CBDC. Travis is correct in saying that if the US government can shut down Russia's reserves, it is difficult to say they do not have the ability to shut down Tether's reserves. The most likely reality is that as fiat currencies collapse, developing countries will switch to the US dollar, and USDT is objectively superior to the peso, bolivar, and lira. Emerging markets mainly provide funding for US retirement, medical, military activities, and government generosity. Ironically, this is a win-win situation for both parties.
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO: Holds a lot of Tether Treasury bonds
Howard Lutnick, CEO of financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald, said on CNBC's podcast: "I am a loyal fan of stablecoins like Tether. I hold their national debt, they have a lot of national debt, and they now have more than $90 billion, so I am a loyal fan of Tether." Howard Lutnick did not specify whether the $90 billion was the amount of national debt held by the company for Tether. Market data shows that Tether's market value is currently $90.5 billion.
Tether issues an additional one billion USDT on TRON
On-chain data shows that Tether has issued one billion USDT on TRON.
A smart whale deposited 55 million USDT into Binance an hour ago
According to Lookonchain monitoring, a smart whale deposited 55 million USDT into Binance an hour ago, possibly to buy ETH. This whale is very good at trading ETH in waves and sold 25,700 ETH ($54.5 million) on November 9.
55 million USDT transferred from unknown wallet to Binance
According to Whale Alert monitoring, 55 million USDT was transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.
Tether has frozen 161 addresses, and only 11 addresses hold a total of more than 3.5 million USDT.
Tether announced yesterday that it will block the use of its stablecoin USDT in wallets that are subject to US sanctions. The new sanctions affect 161 Ethereum wallets, of which 150 do not even hold USDT, while the remaining 11 wallets hold over 3.5 million USDT tokens, with 3.4 million USDT held by a single address. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has linked this address to the recent hacking attack on the gambling platform Stake. Among the other wallets, two addresses hold about 20,000 USDT each, another holds nearly 60,000 USDT, and the rest hold smaller amounts, with one wallet holding only 0.16 USDT.
Tether: Wallet addresses subject to OFAC sanctions have been frozen
According to The Block, Tether stated that the company has frozen individual wallets that are subject to sanctions by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Wallet with 3.5 million USDT and hundreds of transactions blacklisted
A wallet with 3.5 million USDT and hundreds of transactions in the past few days has just been blacklisted. On-chain detective ZachXBT commented that the wallet looks like an over-the-counter trade or service. They recently received a bunch of USDT from Thorchain and are curious if this is related to the North Korean blacklist. They also received funds from the Stake hack, so it is indeed related to North Korea.
Kraken has supported USDT deposits and withdrawals on Optimism
The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced that it now supports deposits and withdrawals of Tether (USDT) on the Optimism network.
Tether partners with crypto trading platform Bitkub and its academy to promote stablecoin education in Thailand
On December 7th, Tether partnered with Bitkub, the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in Thailand, and Bitkub Academy to promote stablecoin education in Thailand.
The total market value of USDT exceeded 90 billion US dollars, setting another record high
According to CoinGecko data, on December 5th, the total market value of USDT surpassed 90 billion US dollars, reaching 90,037,985,303 US dollars, setting a new historical high.
ChainArgos: Tether blacklists 28 new wallets
Blockchain analysis company ChainArgos posted on social media that Tether has blacklisted 28 new wallets, which may be a daily record. These wallets have sent and received billions of USDT in value throughout their lifetimes, with $161 million coming from a single exchange.
The circulating market value of stable currency FDUSD has reached US$1 billion
The developer of stablecoin FDUSD, First Digital, issued a tweet stating that after 6 months of launch, the circulating market value of stablecoin FDUSD has reached 1 billion US dollars.
Binance releases an update on the delisting of token withdrawal services and the announcement of converting some tokens to USDT
According to recent community feedback, Binance will reopen the withdrawal services for the following 12 delisted tokens from December 5th, 2023 08:00 to December 26th, 2023 07:59 (UTC+8). After December 26th, 2023 07:59 (UTC+8), Binance will no longer support withdrawal services for these delisted tokens. Users can still view their remaining token balances (if applicable) in their Binance wallets.
